One novel by this author sees Hoyt Thorpe witness a sexual encounter involving the governor of California before he enters a relationship with the title character, Charlotte Simmons. Another of his novels, set in Atlanta, tells the story of a real estate dealer named Charles Croker and his wife Martha against the backdrop of racial violence. Race relations also factor into his best known work, in 
One novel by this author sees Hoyt Thorpe witness a sexual encounter involving the governor of California before he enters a relationship with the title character, Charlotte Simmons. Another of his novels, set in Atlanta, tells the story of a real estate dealer named Charles Croker and his wife Martha against the backdrop of racial violence. Race relations also factor into his best known work, in which Sherman McCoy and Maria Ruskin run over a black man in the Bronx. For 10 points, name this author of A Man in Full and The Bonfire of the Vanities.
One novel by this author sees Hoyt Thorpe witness a sexual encounter involving the governor of California before he enters a relationship with the title character, Charlotte Simmons.
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